INTER-VENICE 1-0
(65′ Lautaro)
Inter’s report cards – Edited by Ivan Cardia
Summer 7 – Far from being a non-paying spectator: a super reflection on Oristanio at the end of the first half, it was also decisive on Pohjanpalo at the start of the second half. There are his gloves in this success. The uncertainties relating to the final exit are eliminated from the match report.
Pavard 6 – The exception to the rule: he finishes a match even with a yellow card and that must mean something, even without claiming it’s a miracle.
De Vrij 6 – In the final he even comes close to scoring on an inactive ball. Nice duel with Pohjanpalo, with some space granted.
Sticks 6.5 – More about governing than fighting: he made some of Inter’s most dangerous descents, behind a few too many mistakes. He comes out in pain. (From 70′ Bisseck 5 – Thank Sverko’s convict arm, but you can’t let yourself get blown up like that at the last minute.)
Dumfries 6.5 – He pushes hard at the start, as the minutes go by he drops noticeably but is still among those who calls on Stankovic to intervene. A couple of checks, however, are anti-school football.
Stretcher 6 – Often wide to the right, especially in the first half. In the second half he slipped away from the game before exiting. (From 70′ Calhanoglu 6.5 – He enters and Inter immediately runs more fluidly. A nice counter throw to certify the most precious recovery there is).
Zielinski 6 – Without infamy and without praise: the homework, like a good part of Inter. (From 84′ Frattesi sv).
Mkhitaryan 6 – The moving penalty offered to him by Dumfries in the first half fails, Dimarco’s knee offside stops the celebration for the goal disallowed in the second half in his throat. Ninety minutes of sacrifice, not always at the top: with Arsenal, at least, he will rest.
Dimarco 6.5 – The assist for Lautaro’s goal and many other runs on Inter’s strong flank. He too gives some uncertainty in the non-possession phase: the mitigating factor is overtime due to the lack of alternatives. (From 76′ Darmian sv ).
Thuram 5.5 – In the moscione panther version: the usual great beauty in the gait is accompanied by at least two devoured goals.
Lautaro 7 – To unlock a game like this, you need a gore of the Bull. The rest is quite ordinary, even a little less. But it’s a heavy goal. (From 70′ Taremi 6 – Lots of garra, but no quail).
Simone Inzaghi 6 – A ferocious team was expected, after having lunch enjoying the 3-0 of the Goddess in Naples. Instead, his Inter entered the pitch sluggishly and brought the result home only narrowly, with the final thrill. The three points, however, are precious.
Venezia report cards – Edited by Daniele Najjar
Stankovic 7.5 – The evening he dreamed of. First he saves everything on Mkitaryan, who had pardoned him by kicking too much at him. In the second half they shot him from all sides, he took them all: on Calhanoglu in particular he made a great save. Even better with his feet tonight, very careful on the way out.
Altar 5 – Overwhelmed by Thuram who takes the lead. Inter creates a lot and back there they also struggle to assert themselves and keep the Nerazzurri players coming on.
From 46′ Sverko 5.5 – Lautaro parades in front of him on the occasion of the Nerazzurri’s lead: it is never easy to defend against the type of balls that Dimarco knows how to put in. Then he made the omelette out of hand, but luckily for him Thuram was offside first. The goal would have been a dream, the VAR takes away his joy.
Svoboda 5.5 – What a struggle to keep those two: Lautaro and Thuram take turns breaking away from the blocks, aiming and kicking. 9 shots taken by Venezia in one half tell the story of a complex evening. Defending against Inter’s counterattacks in the open field isn’t easy for him either.
Idzes 6.5 – On an evening where Inter creates a lot, they have some peaks where they tower: first saving everything on Thuram, then with that forward ride that at times gave Venezia the lead, then saving again on Thuram in a slide. The only one to escape today, after a difficult week on a personal level.
Zampano 6 – He has a client who is not an easy one, but he has the same nature as Dimarco which pushes him to run without ever stopping, back and forth. He doesn’t give up an inch. Then he concedes something, because Dimarco invents high-level trajectories.
From 77′ Ellertsson sv
Crnigoj 5.5 – He has the task of snarling on Zielinski and he does it well, so much so that Inter struggle to create centrally. In the setup phase, however, Di Francesco wants something more and inserts Busio: he does not give support to Nicolussi Caviglia.
From 46′ Busio 6 – He entered well into a match in which Venezia needed to have more quality up front, so much so that with him the orange-greens created more than one danger. Then it turns off.
Nicolussi Ankle 5.5 – Courageous even when under pressure, but loses more than one ball, including a poisonous one that could have given Inter the lead. He tries on a free kick, without replicating his gem against Udinese. He remains the most lucid of the midfield and today it would not have been easy for many.
From 83′ Yeboah sv
Andersen 5.5 – Some good ideas and inclusions in a complex evening, like Crnigoj he is better at pressing than at building. It wasn’t easy when faced with one of the strongest midfield units around: he often gets swallowed up by it.
From 77′ Duncan sv
Haps 6 – Offensively he is dangerous, so much so that he provided the assist for the 1-1 draw canceled out by VAR. It’s hard to judge him from behind: Venezia is brave, but this means that he often finds himself in the open field against Dumfries or marking him on changes of play . Clearly the Dutchman has a different gap (and another size…) and often towers over him: what can he do if he is 13 centimeters shorter?
Oristanio 5.5 – Game where he has to chase, he struggles to hold onto the balls that pass his way. But then a ball comes to him and it’s a great opportunity: he kicks at Sommer, from two steps away. He grows in the second half, doing what is expected of him: aiming and clearing. He does it a little.
Pohjanpalo 6.5 – An anonymous first 45 minutes, Venezia struggled to get him to deliver good balls. Idzes sent him one, which was complicated to deflect on the fly and he almost transformed it into an assist for Oristanio. He grows a lot in the second half, doesn’t miss a ball, puts a lot of effort into defending the ball and comes close to scoring twice.
All. Eusebio Di Francesco 6.5 – It’s difficult to ask for anything more from his Venezia, here at San Siro against Inter. The risk of leaving space for Inter behind them is “calculated”, because then the orange-green counterattack blow for blow and they certainly don’t do it randomly, but with the ideas that they are transmitting to the group. The VAR chokes the scream in his throat.